{"product_id":"here-i-am-9781250135759","title":"Here I Am","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA monumental new novel from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEverything Is Illuminated\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close, \u003c\/i\u003e Jonathan Safran Foer's\u003ci\u003e Here I Am\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow do we fulfill our conflicting duties as father, husband, and son; wife and mother; child and adult? Jew and American? How can we claim our own identities when our lives are linked so closely to others'? These are the questions at the heart of Jonathan Safran Foer's first novel in eleven years--a work of extraordinary scope and heartbreaking intimacy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnfolding over four tumultuous weeks in present-day Washington, D.C., \u003ci\u003eHere I Am\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis. As Jacob and Julia Bloch and their three sons are forced to confront the distances between the lives they think they want and the lives they are living, a catastrophic earthquake sets in motion a quickly escalating conflict in the Middle East. At stake is the very meaning of home--and the fundamental question of how much aliveness one can bear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShowcasing the same high-energy inventiveness, hilarious irreverence, and emotional urgency that readers loved in his earlier work, \u003ci\u003e Here I Am \u003c\/i\u003eis Foer's most searching, hard-hitting, and grandly entertaining novel yet. It not only confirms Foer's stature as a dazzling literary talent but reveals a novelist who has fully come into his own as one of our most important writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Safran Foer\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eEverything Is Illuminated, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHere I Am, \u003c\/i\u003eand the nonfiction book \u003ci\u003eEating Animals\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has received numerous awards and been translated into thirty-six languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50414826782994,"sku":"9781250135759","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e215ce70-10a1-4bbe-93ed-7ac6ffa3f943.jpg?v=1729387038","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/here-i-am-9781250135759","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}